Now that I think about it, there is an idiom or two in Leafoosish that is in standard usage:ffêr yn arianrod - literally, "to do an Arianrhod". It means "to abandon/push away/mistreat", usually in reference to children/kittens, and it comes from Arianrhod's treatment of her son Lleu Llaw Gyffes. (This is not considered very nice to do.)foler ("to fly") is used idiomatically in the same sense as English "to work" or French "marcher", namely "to function correctly". So if you say es l'fheityr folant, it doesn't mean "*the car is flying" but rather "the car is working".

There are a couple of idioms in Meikar. But since the language is still in heavy development, it's not really a focus.

"To give somebody a piece of their death," or "Akh+<person> megan gan Shaonapan<*> bo yezo" is basically fighting words for whoever you imply it to. In English would be pretty much the same as saying "beat the **** outta someone!"

So, "Akhden megan gan shaonapanden bo ayezotei!" is literally "To his possession a piece of his death I will give." or "I will give him a piece of his own death!"

So dem's fahtin' wurds! >:/

*Possession can be implied in two ways, "X gan Y," or "X+pronoun-suffix."

In Tikolmian, dlicos zo lesit (lit. to show/uncover the sun) means "to state the obvious".

For example: Dlicos zo lesit mic i isos sōz si lamotl! [uncover-INF the sun-from to-1PL REL on-2SG need NEG sit/set-3SG.PRS] (There does not sit a need on you to show us the sun = you don't need to state the obvious)

mousefire55 wrote:Dän dürnduď šlänø ví hístä/hísta - literally 'the day dances by him/her', meaning the person is not paying attention or is drunk.

I really like this one!

Here are a pair of idiomatic phrases il lözusöteli:

Satzeka as rä mekber. "To fish from two boats" meaning "To want to take advantage from two different situations to assure oneself success in any case" and

Meśśaka salśiner en aþeśki. literally "To hit with pots in the summer" meaning "To make an effort to solve a problem when this problem has already been solved".

This last one is linked to a traditional festival held in Lözusöt every year. Lözusöteli, in fact, is the language of a country located in the far North where, during the winter, the sun never rises for months. In the old days people thought that the sun had forgotten about them and so that it had left their lands, so, the day of the winter solstice, they went out to the seashore armed with pots and rocks and they made a huge noise to be heard by the sun so that to remind it they were still there. This traditionally explains why every year the sun comes back to shine after the winter solstice.